The convenience plastic offers through single-use straws, water bottles and disposable coffee cups comes at no small cost to the environment, but we are growing more aware of the damage they cause.

Back in early 2016, British TV chef and food writer Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall continued his ‘War on Waste’ series by looking at how difficult it is to recycle disposable coffee cups, despite many ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When you drop that used white paper cup into the bin next to the door at a Starbucks, have you done your part to save the planet? Starbucks has long hoped ...

On a recent morning, Chelsie Nalley’s go-to Starbucks in Chattanooga, Tenn., left her high and dry. The store had plenty of coffee, she said, but none of her favorite 24-ounce cups. Ms. Nalley called ...

They might be stained by coffee, stamped with company logos and marked with the misspelled names of the people who used them, but disposable cups are a good source of paper fibres for other products.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On January 1, 2026, notable changes to Ontario’s blue box program went into effect. Now, some big-ticket items, including ...